A 2-year-old boy from Thomasville, Georgia, was playing outside with his brothers when his face suddenly began to swell, triggering a frantic race to the emergency room. After unknowingly stepping into a newly formed fire ants mound, his parents, Lexi and Cody Johnson, 30 and 36, pulled…This story appeared on newsweek.com , 2026-08-11 09:56:40.